On Boxing Day (or St. Stephens's day in the Republic of Ireland), many of the shops had reopened and Belfast was a madhouse! People everywhere.  And no wonder, Boxing Day sales are much like the after Christmas sales (or even Black Friday) sales in the US.  Unfortunately, many of the tourist attractions were still closed, so we explored a little bit of Belfast by foot.  One bonus, I was able to pick up a couple things that I can't get in Germany (they had Reese's peanut butter cups!  I forgot how good those things are!) for fairly cheap.  But, it rained all day, which normally wouldn't have been much of a problem.  Unfortunately though,  I had a down coat, which isn't the most waterproof of outerwear and I also discovered that the boots I was wearing (and the only shoes I brought with me), had a crack in the sole, meaning